BY AMY ASMAN
On March 4, students, teachers, and even some parents papered local streets and schools with flyers urging supporters to defend education fundin...
BY AMY ASMAN
Guadalupe City Council members planned to hold a public meeting March 9 to discuss the possibility of placing a permanent ban on opening medical mari...
BY AMY ASMAN
Continuing its efforts to improve public safety, the Santa Maria Police Department will host another community gang forum on March 25 at 6 p.m. at th...
BY AMY ASMAN
When it comes to dog shows, he knows how to walk the line. Central Coast Brussels Griffon Champion Cashin’s Walk the Line—better kno...
BY HENRY HOUSTON
Live on a large, pastoral plot? Having a bit of a rodent infestation problem? Can’t afford to hire a professional to get rid of the little pest...
BY NICHOLAS WALTER
On a cold, wet Wednesday, the Sun showed up at the gates of Vandenberg Air Force Base to talk to some folks who were protesting against nuclear arms,...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
When Jeana Moore’s granddaughter Jada Bascom was just five months old, doctors informed the little girl’s parents she’d need a...
BY HELEN ANN THOMAS
It was Dancing With the Stars, Santa Maria style. As soon as the band Unfinished Business unleashed its powerful sounds, the Radisson ballroom d...
TUESDAY, MARCH 16
• The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 1...
U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) has endorsed Hilda Zacarias’s campaign for the open 33rd Assembly District seat being vacated by Sam Bla...
BY ROBERT P. SUTTON
Our governments are in dire need of rehabilitation: our dysfunctional state government and, in particular, our federal government.
The U.S. Con...
Larry Bargenquast
Obama and the Left are failing at every turn, yet they complain that Conservatives only criticize and never offer solutions...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
You can tell which athletes are driven. They’re the ones out there on the field, day in and day out, even in the rain, getting every last ...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
Pioneer Valley wrestler Alex Grandy is ready for his close-up.
By virtue of a fourth place finish in the state finals in Bakersfield on March 6...
BY AMY ASMAN
For the second year in a row, an Allan Hancock College instructor has received the prestigious California Community College Association for Occu...
BY AMY ASMAN
Sound the trumpets—or, rather, saxophones: Santa Maria High School advanced jazz ensemble won first place at the 27th annual Central Coast Jazz...
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Every Thursday, Sun executive editor Ryan Miller takes a little time to talk to radio show host Andy Caldwell. They chat about the week’s issue...
Do you feel it’s right that California is spending more on the prison system than on the education system?
BY SHELLY CONE
For weeks, Allan Hancock College dance students have been breaking in their dance shoes and learning the limits of what the human body can do in...
BY SHELLY CONE
When it comes to talent, one thing is clear: American Idol missed some, because Santa Maria has plenty. It was all on ...
BY SHELLY CONE
PCPA Theaterfest has launched the 2010 Scholarship Appeal campaign with the goal of raising $150,000 by June 30.
PCPA hopes the money can help offse...
BY SHELLY CONE
The C Gallery in Los Alamos is calling for art/fashion submissions for the PINK show, opening April 17. Art submissions should relate to the idea or ...
BY SHELLY CONE
The city of Solvang recently celebrated its official, federally recognized “Preserve America Community” designation from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservat...
This is Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s oft-filmed literary classic, which takes a sort-of sequel approach t...
BY K. REKA BADGER
Just in time for the season of emerald green hills, hats, and beer, a local organization has announced the winners of its coveted Green Business...
Once their He-Man lifestyle is threatened by a pair of mail-order-brides, these burly lumberjacks have to realize what it’s like to be Lumberja...
Allan Hancock College is a cultural hub in Santa Maria where motivated people can perfect their craft. Allan Hancock College’s Dance Department...
The Lompoc Museum’s latest exhibit, “Desperate Land,” features the photographs of Betsy Weiner, who captured the everyday lives of ...
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